[tluyben2]

I have been programming fulltime for 30 years which is 3/4th of my life and I still find it magic. Although I now do a lot more management tasks, program standing, go on long walks or to the gym while crunching harder problems or when in need of creativity, I never stop feeling great when something I made works. It's why I recommend everyone to at least do some coding; it's often a great creative outlet.

When I am coding I forget everything and often I make too long hours. Not because I have to but because there is so much more to code; work coding, side project coding, hobby coding... I cannot see how I would ever start to dislike it.

By the way; if there is a shortage of coders (as the article says), how come the demand is not a bit more flexible as in allowing people to work from different locations? I know for instance there is a large demand in Silicon Valley while here (in Europe) many of friends, who would work quite a bit cheaper than the prices I see flying around there, sit idle. They just cannot or don't want to move.

[vellum]

>there is a shortage of coders

There's a shortage of companies that are flexible about paying higher salaries, offering remote work, and doing away with whiteboard interviews.